Backgrounds

Well its been pretty quiet on night shift and apart from having plenty of bugs to shoot I have also been experimenting with different backgrounds. As you would have noticed my night time macros tend to be surrounded by back space due to it being dark and the flash firing, well I have come up with an idea by adding in my own backgrounds. This in itself offers other difficulties as I am already holding my camera in one hand and a torch in the other, now I add a background to the equation. Also holding the background at the right spot while focusing and moving with the wind is also challenging, but I must say that I have got some interesting shots from this method and I cannot wait to show them to you guys and gals when I get home.

look forward to seeing this Scott

Roy1961;bt1850 said:

look forward to seeing this Scott

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Haha so am I, they look ok in camera but not sure how full size will go.

This kind of thing may be acceptable on the bottom half of the planet, but up topside you can't just drop that kind of a tease and NOT have a photo to show! :dispirited:

Now produce the goods!

Here is kind of what I was talking about.

Fake sky background.



Those pumpkins aren't really in the back ground

​This spider isn't in the city.



or at sunset.



or with blue sky

​These are all taken with a print out of some sort or another which I am holding behind them, if it was not for these they would be totally black like this.



It definitely opens up more options of where you would like to place your subject even while it is still "in the wild" as these were all taken out in the field but with a background held up behind them.

These are the backgrounds that I have been using.

Nice! I like it.

Simple yet effective.

You rock my friend! Wow! I never even considered this idea you've made use of! Way to go!

Bill16;bt1873 said:

You rock my friend! Wow! I never even considered this idea you've made use of! Way to go!

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Haha I am glad I could be of some help, I too have just discovered this.

Scott, you are a genius! A very creative photographer! You are an inspiration!
​Have you thought about doing some video tutorials on YouTube?

nmccamy;bt1925 said:

Scott, you are a genius! A very creative photographer! You are an inspiration!
​Have you thought about doing some video tutorials on YouTube?

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Haha no I haven't and honestly I have no immediate plans to do so thanks for the compliment.